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Writing Style of Raymond Carver

by Robert Altman of the same name. Many believe that this collection of short stories is an example of Carvers writings when he w...

Curriculum Development

the goals that are applicable to it. For example, the district board specifies the goal to implement a "challenging curriculum" t...

Elementary Mathematics Writing

use the rules and processes of elementary math. There has been a shift in teaching strategies from the "teaching by telling," m...

Elementary Education and Difficulties in Writing and Reading

education, sometimes leaving little room for choice. This is true as teachers wrestle with their own autonomy and the school board...

Sinclair Ross/2 Short Stories

Ross describes Isabel is similar to the way in which Martha, the narrative voice in "A Field of Wheat" endows this cash crop on wh...

Comparing Chekhov, Nabokov & Viramontes

that reveals to the reader a great deal about the characters involved. Pelagea is deeply in love with her husband, Yegor Anton Che...

Women's Search for Independence in 3 Works: Finding Happiness

This essay discusses 3 works: which are a poem by Gwendolyn Brook, "The Beam Eaters"; a short story by Kate Chopin, "The Story of ...

Oates/How I Contemplated the World... & Postmodernism

unnamed narrator in this short story. First of all, Oates employs a postmodernist structure in order to convey this girls story,...

Kate Chopin/The Storm

A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...

A Review of Everyday Use

quality, and that is indeed the way she first appears. However we will soon see that she has many qualities, which add to her str...

Kate Chopin's Life and Writings

In five pages this paper examines the Victorian time period that shaped the life and writings of Kate Chopin and analyzes the femi...

O. Henry/Gift of the Magi

being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...

Middle School Differentiated Instruction

that emphasized low-level thinking instead of challenges (Shorey et al, 2004). Differentiated instruction takes into consideration...

One Transtion in Adolescent's Life

Children and adolescents make many transitions during their lifetimes, one of which is the transition from elementary to middle sc...

Research Proposal on Achievement and School Uniforms

investigator controlled for demographics and socio-economic status (Seamon, Schultink and Slocum, 2002). The investigator administ...

Proposal for an Elementary School Career Guidance Program

the concept of work into their idea of self and they do this by identifying with an important adult in their lives (Marino, 1998)....

Importance of Healthy Lifestyle

or they ignore the information. This is one of the reasons it is so important to instill that knowledge and those practices in chi...

Middle School and Inclusion of Algebra in the Curriculum

school math curriculum follows a predetermined course sequence, "algebra, geometry, advanced algebra and pre-calculus," students w...

Public Schools in the State of Virginia

schools from grades K-12 was about 1.1 million during the school year 1998-1999, with these students attending 1,815 elementary, j...

Education Research Proposal Sample

and rudimentary at best. Such terms as "inflammatory" and "obscene" are subjective terms. The statue of Venus Demilo, for example,...

Four Blocks Literacy Framework Adoption and Change Management

test is administered each May. Boiling Springs has always received a rating of excellent on the school report card. This ended i...

Assessment of an IT Web Site

include a jobs section as well as a section containing white papers across a large number of different areas such as SOX complianc...

Elementary Students and the Teaching of Globe Reading and Map Skills

In seven pages this paper examines how globe reading and map schools can be taught to elementary school students. Seven sources a...

Elementary Education, Standardized Testing, and Grade Retention

In thirty pages this paper considers elementary schools' use of standardized testing such as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills in an e...

Physical Education in Elementary Schools

In eight pages the evolution and continued change of elementary schools' PE programs are examined in terms of their improvements a...

Perks of Being a Wallflower/Should It Be Banned?

this be decided by "Teachers? Librarians? Parents? The government?" (Seufert 14). If any of these agencies act in a blanket manner...

Edgar Allan Poe's Writing Style Revealed in His Short Stories and Poetry

shows his endeavor in following a specific element of style that was all his own. Mood: for example in "The Fall of...

Contrasting and Comparing "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien with "Luck" by Mark Twain

A seemingly reliable third-person narrator tells these stories. In "Luck," a clergyman tells Mr. Clemens about a revered Crimean ...

Social Studies Instruction/Parental Involvement

in the education and over all development of their childrens obtaining of academic and social skills is an objective for which bo...

'Trial by Combat' by Shirley Jackson

In five pages this short story examines the theme of identity within the context of this short story. Four sources are cited in t...